This forum is for bashing each others taste in art. And bitcoin is a little off topic fun.

... it's making a rally because of the publicity of the anniversary of reaching its peak last year ...

... people can't believe it's sooooo cheap 🤔🤪

... and people are speculating again ... simples ...

I think it’s got a bit lower to go before it makes the big bounce.

I mentioned this a while back when working on this. It should appeal to anyone on here who’s into crypto and vinyl figures.

We produced a range of vinyl, cryptocurrency themed toys where the provenance is handled on the Ethereum blockchain.

As we use ERC-721, each toy is “digitally unique” with each having a name, description and 2 traits (Some of which are scarcer than others)

medium.com/cryptokaiju/batch-1-roundup-841748c9bdf

Https://CryptoKaiju.io

It’s alright. You win some you lose some. Let’s see what the future holds.

Oooopppsss ...

news.sky.com/story/amp/crypto-trader-boss-dies-with-password-to-clients-110m-11628106

Morons typically say really, really moronic things that are completely ass backwards and dead wrong. Like saying 'blockchain has no value' when they honestly have no fucking clue about the tech. Simple enough.

 How much is a blockchain and where can I buy one?

“Bitcoin will not survive.”

"Bitcoin is going nowhere."

“Bitcoin is a fraud.”

Those are all quotes from Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan, said in separate appearances or interviews since 2015. Today, he announced J.P. Morgan's own blockchain-based currency, JPM Coin, making it the first major bank to issue a coin.

On the surface, Dimon's sudden bet on cryptocurrency seems like a giant reversal. If you look closer, however, you'll see that JPM Coin is philosophically in lockstep with Dimon's critique of Bitcoin—and may offer a glimpse into blockchain's near-future in finance.

JPM Coin functions very similarly to a stablecoin, a coin that, while powered by blockchain, is tied to an asset like the dollar. Instead of existing independently from state-backed currency, every JPM Coin converts to one U.S. dollar, effectively eliminating the sudden value swings of other cryptocurrencies.

The value proposition of JPM Coin, unlike Bitcoin, isn't rooted in anonymity. JPM Coins real value, at this point, is speed. As Umar Farooq, J.P. Morgan's head of blockchain initiatives, explained to CNBC, the most immediate application for JPM Coin is in international payments. When investors deposit money with J.P. Morgan, they can elect to be issued JPM Coins, which allow them to conduct transactions around the world quickly—no more waiting on wire transfers.

We're seeing this excitement over stablecoins echoed in the startup world, as well:
TrustToken—a platform that creates tokens connected to assets, like TrueUSD, which trades 1-to-1 with the U.S. dollar—raised $20 million in June 2018.
MakerDAO—the company behind the asset-backed Dai stablecoin—raised $15 million in September 2018.
JPM Coin is just the tip of the iceberg for blockchain at J.P. Morgan. As Farooq says, “The applications are frankly quite endless.” It signals that the future of blockchain-based currency, at least in the near term, may not be in anonymity or separation from governments. Projects like JPM Coin suggest a future where stablecoins, with the support of governments and major financial institutions, can be the big winners in cryptocurrency.

"I'd like to invest in the internet please"

No banks had Bitcoin holdings to dump. You really know nothing I'm afraid.

Bitcoin has been very useful for those trying to escape socialism as it happens

Court documents filed in late January offer some insight into the company.

Quadriga had no offices, no employees and no bank accounts. It was essentially a one-man band run entirely by Cotten wherever he - and his laptop - happened to be ...